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May 2015

On May 26, Chinese Ministry of National defense, has released China’s Military Strategy. Of course, it is a significant move of the political leadership in Beijing to issue in the present circumstances such a document destined to be course of action for the main directions of national military policy . The bewilder landscape of the today world system is recognized in the document from the first sentences of the document alongside the main targets of China.

This century is Asia’s moment in time. Europe was gradually replaced as a center of the world system as a consequence of the incredible rise of China. The main great powers already involved in the new “great game” of 21st century in Central Asia are USA, China and Russia. How are they considering their own chances in that hard to believe dangerous game and which are their strategy to reach the projected targets?

On May 9, 2015, North Korea announced that it had test-fired successfully a ballistic missile from a submarine. According to “The New York Times”, The North’s official News agency said that: “There took place an underwater test-fire of Korean-style powerful strategic submarine ballistic missile,” /…/the test-fire proved and confirmed that the ballistic missile fired from the submarine fully met the requirements of the latest military science and technology.” What North Korea is doing is a clear blow to the stability and security of the North-East Asia region and creates apprehensions within the entire international community.

What would happen to European Union after the British election and overwhelming victory of David Cameron’s Conservative party? Carl Bildt wrote recently an article on ‘Project Syndicate’ ( May 9, 015 ) in which he began his brilliant analysis with the phrase: “The next 18-24 months are likely to decide the shape of Europe for decades to come, and the United Kingdom has now started the clock on that process.”

V-Day , the celebration of the victory over Nazi Germany during the World War II was an occasion to evidence the rift between the West and Russia. The invitations extended by Russia to the heads of states and governments of the West to attend the military parade in Moscow were declined and the argument put forward for doing is the best summarized by Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council: “A presence at the military parade, hand-in-hand with today’s aggressors and a person using weapons against civilians in eastern Ukraine? For me, delicately speaking, it’s too ambiguous.”